Casanova: heartbreaker, imposter and poet

He became famous for his love adventures, but Casanova was also a priest, writer, diplomat and spy. 300 years ago he was born in Venice - and today his name is still known all over the world.

Casanova has gone down in history as an adventurer and womanizer. But a new book also highlights a completely different side of the wandering and multi-tasking Italian – who would have turned 300 on April 2, 2025.

On April 2, 2025 marks the 300th anniversary of the birth of Casanova, a historical person who has passed to posterity as the incarnation of the incorrigible seducer. On this occasion, the Italian press pays tribute to this native of Venice with controversial history, but rather far from the most widespread portraits that are made of him.

300 years ago Giacomo Casanova was born, one of the most famous seducers of world history. He set a literary monument to many lovers. But not only he could seduce. Ten tips for books.

He became world famous for documenting his abductions and love affairs - Three hundred years ago today, on April 2, 1725, Giacomo Girolamo Casanova was born.

Adventurer, literate and cosmopolitan – Giacomo Casanova, who was born 300 years ago today, led a life of shock. Why had he become such a grantler in his old age?